I.an allowing, granting, conceding, permission, leave (rare, but in good prose).
I. In gen.: “agrorum,” Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 11; Tac. A. 3, 73: praemiorum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3: “concessio, ut peculiare aliquid in fundo pascere liceat,” Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7: “vestra,” Cic. Att. 3, 24, 1: “competitorum,” id. Tog. Cand. Fragm. 5 (8, 5, p. 21 B. and K.).—
B. A yielding, retiring: “legis,” Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 13.—
II. Esp., in rhet., a figure of speech, concession: cum aliquid etiam iniquum videmur causae fiduciā pati, * Quint. 9, 2, 51.—